Scope

The Nanophotonics section publishes high-quality fundamental and applied research spanning the fields of nanophotonics, a key rapidly growing area of nanotechnology focused on fundamental aspects of the behavior of light at the nanoscale, and of the interaction of nanometer-scale objects with light. The section is dedicated to all light-(nano)matter interactions and its applications to nanophotonic devices, photonic integrated systems, optical sensors and optical communications.

Areas covered by this section include, but are not limited to:

• Opto-nanoelectronics and opto-nanomechanics

• Integrated optical devices and photovoltaic devices

• Liquid crystals, displays and photonic crystals

• Optical properties and applications of (2D)-materials

• Photonic metamaterials, photoluminescence and fluorescent materials

• Nonlinear optics

• Optical nanoantennae

• Light-matter interaction at the nanoscale

• Optical fibers, free-space and satellite communications

• Terahertz and X-ray optics

• Ultrafast and ato-optics

• Optics at surfaces

• Nanoplasmonics

• Topological photonics

• Quantum optics

• Image and signal processing

• Imaging systems and optical microscopy

• Optical sources and amplifiers

• Laser optics

• Optical sensors and detectors

• Silicon photonics

• On-chip optical networks

• Advanced photonic modulation: devices, systems, and techniques

• Bio-nanophotonics

• Deep learning for photonic nanostructures design

• Computational photonics and device modelling

• Semiconductor optics

• Laser machining and fabrication techniques

The Nanophotonics section also encourages articles on technologies for the integration of electronic and photonic systems, on-chip optical networks and the commercialization of photonic nanodevices. Articles with a strong focus on device nanofabrication and biomedical applications may be better suited to our sister Nanodevices and  Biomedical Nanotechnology sections of the journal.

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